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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2002Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2002, 5:41 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2002, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 252241
FFWMAF
TXC043-260045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANTHER
  JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BOQUILLAS CANYON...PANTHER JUNCTION...RIO GRANDE VILLAGE...
  PERSIMMON GAP AND TERLINGUA RANCH LODGE

FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3006 10354 2963 10377 2905 10302 2934 10275

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.